Crime Maps

The public can now access crime maps on the web sites of all 43 police forces to see the volume of crime as well as crime trends and comparisons with the rest of the country.

“For many years, all forces have mapped crimes and incidents to help them focus investigations, analyse hot spots and tackle crime vigorously. The information now on the forces’ websites has a different more community-focused perspective and means the public can now look at crime levels in their community simply by putting their postcode into their local police force’s website.”

“Welsh forces and those in the East Midlands region of England (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire) have chosen to map collaboratively. Not only is this an efficient approach it also means that if you live close to the edge of a police force area, you can look at crime levels in adjoining areas at the click of a button.”

“Forces will continue to work hard to provide the public with the very best information, with more facts, to help them understand what is happening in their area and reassure them of what is being done to make them safer.”

Neil Rhodes, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO)

“Every single police force in England and Wales now has crime mapping. This gives comprehensive knowledge about crime patterns and hotspots to communities.”

“By empowering people with this information they are able to engage more with their neighbourhood policing teams. I am sure this will lead to an even more responsive and effective police, thoroughly in tune with people’s needs.”

“As a result, crime mapping can help ensure people’s voices are heard when police set crime fighting priorities. By rolling out up to date crime maps communities are able to take an informed view about crime in their local area. Providing this information to the public helps to make the police even more accountable.”

Street Level Crime Maps

Street level crime maps for England and Wales were launched in January 2011. You can enter your postcode, town, village or street into the search box below, and get instant access to street-level crime maps and data, as well as details of your local policing team and beat meetings. A combination of street name and town appears to work well. The results page now looks broken but it still contains a link to the relevant neighbourhood details. Results are provided by www.police.uk.

Police Forces in the United Kingdom

Crime Map for England and Wales

The National Policing Improvement Agency for the Home Office has developed a web site which brings together the individually published crime figures from all police forces in England and Wales over a three-month period against the same period for the previous year.